WAC 296-848-40030   Clean-up facilities and lunchrooms.  

     You must:

     • Provide the following facilities for employees who could experience eye or skin irritation from exposure to inorganic arsenic or who work in exposure control areas:

     – Clean change rooms with separate storage for street clothes and personal protective equipment (PPE).

     – Shower facilities.

     • Make sure employees who could experience eye or skin irritation from exposure to inorganic arsenic or who work in exposure control areas:

     – Shower at the end of the work shift;

     AND

     – Wash their hands and face before eating.

     • Provide lunchrooms for employees working in exposure control areas that are:

     – Located so they are readily accessible to the employees.

     – Temperature controlled.

     – Under positive pressure compared to surrounding areas.

     – Provided with a filtered air supply.

Note:

Lunchrooms may be located within exposure control areas, but are considered separate from the exposure control area.

     • Do the following when exposures in exposure control areas exceed an eight-hour time-weighted average of 100 micrograms of arsenic per cubic meter of air (µg/m³):

     – Provide facilities for employees working in exposure control areas where they can remove excess contamination from protective clothing and shoes.

     – Make sure employees vacuum protective clothing and clean or change shoes before entering showers, change rooms, or lunchrooms.

Reference:	To see additional requirements for hygiene facilities:
	• Go to the Safety and health core rules, chapter 296-800 WAC.
	• Find Drinking water, bathrooms, washing facilities, and waste disposal, WAC 296-800-230.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, 49.17.060. 05-01-173, § 296-848-40030, filed 12/21/04, effective 5/1/05.]